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As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.
(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and
(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore
(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet
(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,
(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

Which one is better. C or D?

I am going with ^ E ^ here

We have the reason of the unaffordibility for these families and this is provided with "for" in E.

As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

Which one is better. C or D?

b14kumar, I dont understand why you asked between C and D

In C, there is a meaning like "the middle class families are hard hit because they canot afford to buy houses" and after this it says "yet ..." . However, the instruction following this is parallel with their unaffordibility.

It is same for D. It uses "however". We dont have an opposing idea afterwards. So these 2 choices must be wrong.

B uses "since" meaning "because" and in A we have a parellel struction, all tied to eachother with "and" and thats not we are looking for.

As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

Which one is better. C or D?

b14kumar, I dont understand why you asked between C and D

In C, there is a meaning like "the middle class families are hard hit because they canot afford to buy houses" and after this it says "yet ..." . However, the instruction following this is parallel with their unaffordibility.

It is same for D. It uses "however". We dont have an opposing idea afterwards. So these 2 choices must be wrong.

B uses "since" meaning "because" and in A we have a parellel struction, all tied to eachother with "and" and thats not we are looking for.

that is why I think E is correct

If you look at the sentence:

It says Middle income families are not able to afford to buy an independent house so they have option of taking house on rent.
However rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing.

So only C and D give the options for correct answer.
But I was confused between 'however' and 'yet'.

Vivek, GMATT73,
Why is C more concise?
I think D is more clear.
I am not able to discern the use of 'for'....'yet' in C.
Could you explain this by giving some examples?

Oh yes M8 thanks "for" means "because" here but I am confused about the use of "yet". The sentence talks about the affordibility hardship for those families and there is nothing contrasting to this idea

Oh yes M8 thanks "for" means "because" here but I am confused about the use of "yet". The sentence talks about the affordibility hardship for those families and there is nothing contrasting to this idea

Oh yes M8 thanks "for" means "because" here but I am confused about the use of "yet". The sentence talks about the affordibility hardship for those families and there is nothing contrasting to this idea

I don't understand the difference between "yet" and "furthermore" here
"yet" shows contrast: at the same time, however...
"furthermore" means "in addition" and can show additional information
To my opinion, we can use both "yet" and "furthermore" here